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noun
The oldest stratigraphic series in the Cambrian geographic period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Synonym of Newfoundland French, a dialect of French found on the Island of Newfoundland, in Canada; on the French Shore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: Newfoundland French
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History
From French terre (“land”) + French neuve (“new”) + -ian, from the location of the type locality used to characterize this series, in Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”), Canada.
Borrowed from French terreneuv(ien) + -ian, from the location it is found, Terre-Neuve (“Newfoundland”), Canada. From French terre (“land”) and neuve (“new”).
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